Cake, Easter

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904

Source: The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
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Ingredients (13)

1/2lb. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2lb. of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
two large whole eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1lb. of flour previously mixed with half a teaspoonful of baking powder ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
half a teaspoonful of baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/2lb. each of sultanas ↝ Apricots, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
4oz. candied peel finely chopped ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
half a teaspoonful of ground ginger ↝ Spices, ginger, ground [Spices and Herbs]
half as much of nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]

glaze

egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (7)

Cream together butter and sugar.
Work in two large whole eggs.
Add flour previously mixed with half a teaspoonful of baking powder.
Add 1/2lb. each of sultanas and currants, 4oz. candied peel finely chopped, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, and half as much of nutmeg and cinnamon.
Roll the dough out in round cakes 6in. or 7in. across and 1in. thick.
Bake in a moderate oven.
Just at the last brush over with egg, dust with sugar, and glaze for a few minutes.

Original Text · last edited 4 days ago

Cake, Easter (which is good at any time).—Cream together ½lb. of butter and ½lb. of sugar, then work in two large whole eggs, next 1lb. of flour previously mixed with half a teaspoonful of baking powder, and, lastly, ½lb. each of sultanas and currants, 4oz. candied peel finely chopped, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, and half as much of nutmeg and cinnamon; roll the dough out in round cakes 6in. or 7in. across and 1in. thick. Bake in a moderate oven, and just at the last brush over with egg, dust with sugar, and glaze for a few minutes.

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